Using the Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access Initiative(https://github.com/metmuseum/openaccess), this Shiny App will allow you to explore the Met Collection, and even use jpegs of paintings to create a color palette to inspire your own work.
Requires a copy of the MetObjects.csv (see: https://github.com/metmuseum/openaccess).
Currently, Met Website does not allow for easy scraping of open access images, so making a color palette directly from the collection is not working. More updates to follow.